(Electronic-GOVERNMENT) A generic term for Web-based services from agencies of local, state and federal governments. Such Web sites provide a wide variety of services to the public and...
ADMB wanted to implement market-specific database and development technology that is scalable for future upgrades and provide tools necessary to evolve effectively and efficiently with e-government requirements. The challenge was to make applications available across the entire network - to all divisions of the organization and develop a flexible pay...
Until three years ago, local government in the Plzen region of the Czech Republic delivered public services by largely paper-based systems, with businesses and citizens making requests for services across the counter in working hours. In 2005, the regional administration sought European Union funding for an information portal capable of...
The key objective of the eGovernment initiative in the Czech Republic is to make it easier for businesses and citizens to interact with the government. To ensure everybody has access to online government services, Autocont, as one of the systems integrators participating in the project, is putting 500 self-service terminals,...
West Virginia's state government wanted to make better use of the Internet to provide timely information and e-government services to its citizens. However, the state's Web site offered minimal resources and did not reflect well on a government intent on raising Internet usage and education levels across West Virginia. West...
The Executive Council of Dubai is responsible for supporting implementation of the Government of Dubai's strategic plans. As a champion of e-government, the council sets the pace for other departments to follow. In 2008, the organisation became the first government body in the United Arab Emirates UAE to implement unified...
The Department of Social and Family Affairs in Ireland promotes a caring society by providing income and other supports to enable active participation in society, promote social inclusion, and support families. It wanted to use the reach and immediacy of Internet communications to raise public awareness of its mandate and...
Cloud Computing is a general concept of the computing service which is reliance on the Internet for satisfying the computing needs of the users. The providers and the users of the service will be benefit for the new organization pattern. This paper proposes a framework for the construction of a...
At Intel the focus is not simply on the technology one makes, its on how technology can be used to change people's lives. For that reason Intel created a school-based program called Log On, Learn LOL, where teenagers provide one-to-one mentoring to help older adults become confident technology users and...
With e-Government applications, such as public information services that allow e-Citizens to request message reminders about hospital services, national car test examinations and driving test examinations, being extended onto the mobile platform, there are new challenges to securing these services. The reliability of operations and reduction in the vulnerability of...
Sunlight is said to be the best disinfectant. Electric light is the most efficient policeman. It has always been my view that when the people of this Nation watch their Government in action, they come to better understand how our governing institutions work and equip themselves to hold those institutions...
Security is one of the most important issues in E-government. All of the security approaches that are common in E-commerce are applicable to E-government. But E-government is a little different from E-commerce. Usually government networks can communicate to each other better than business networks, because, most of them are connected...
e-Citizen and e-Government will become reality and most public services will be offered over the Internet, one stop, non-stop convenience to the public. Even in a small country like Mangolia, the slogan is, "Better Governance Leads to Better Life" and like this every country in this world is getting into...
A group of renowned researchers has published some of the details of their exploitation of a vulnerability in the MD5 hash algorithm. The advance they describe would allow an attacker to create fraudulent Web-site certificates with which they could launch a phishing or man-in-the-middle attack on an eCommerce, eBanking or...
In an effort to improve service delivery to constituents most e-government initiatives & the 1990s focused on making services accessible online. But online access only addresses the front end of service delivery. The backend requires the simplification. integration, streamlining and automation of complex information workflows - where the heavy lifting...
To build and promote the public's confidence in online government services, agencies need to deliver a higher level of online security - one that enables government organizations to maximize protection of citizens and businesses against fraud attempts and identity theft in cyber space. Now there is an affordable, effective answer...
In eight years, BearingPoint has helped Texas build an innovative, cost-effective online portal that seamlessly integrates state and local governments into a "One-stop shop" for individuals and businesses. TexasOnline, a fully integrated web portal and e-commerce solution, is the official e-government website for the state of Texas. Since its inception...
Teri Takai, the State of California’s CIO, talks to CNET’s Dan Farber about overseeing an IT organization with more than 130 CIOs and 10,000 technology workers. She also discusses California’s e-government initiatives from going green to managing costs during tough economic times. 2 minute Video Shorts Short on...
Teri Takai, the State of California’s CIO, talks to CNET’s Dan Farber about overseeing an IT organization with more than 130 CIOs and 10,000 technology workers. She also discusses California’s e-government initiatives from going green to managing costs during tough economic times. by Administrator
Teri Takai, the State of California's CIO, talks to CNET's Dan Farber about overseeing an IT organization with more than 130 CIOs and 10,000 technology workers. She also discusses California's e-government initiatives from going green to managing costs during tough economic times.
Town of Newmarket wanted to automate enterprise software to increase efficiency and better serve the town's more than 78,000 residents and meet community goals for a more transparent government. The challenge was to support move toward self-service and e-government for the growing region. Town of Newmarket implemented Oracle's JD Edwards...